APC AP9619, AP9618 User Manual

Network Management Card

AP9617

AP9618

AP9619

Installation and

Quick-Start Manual

This manual is available in English on the enclosed CD.

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Contents

How to Avoid Equipment Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Disconnect UPS power 1

Disconnect chassis power 1

How to Recover from a Lost Password . . . . . . . . . 2

Preliminary Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

New standard features 3

Existing features 3

AP9618 features 3

AP9619 features 3

AP9618U and AP9619U upgrade kits 4

Integrated Environmental Monitor feature (AP9618

and AP9619) 4

Internal analog modem feature (AP9618) 4

Related documents 4

Inventory 5

Receiving and inspection 5

Please Recycle 5

Installation in a UPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Overview 6

Step 1: Turn off all power (Smart-UPS or Matrix-UPS) 6

Step 2: Install the Network Management Card 7

Expansion/Triple Chassis Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Overview 8

When to use the AC adapter (AP9505) 8

Step 1: Disconnect the chassis from all power 8

Step 2: Install the Network Management Card 9

Installation and Quick Start Manual

Contents

Quick Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Overview 10

TCP/IP configuration methods 10

APC Management Card Wizard 11

BOOTP & DHCP configuration 11

Local access to the control console 14

Remote access to the control console 15

Control console 16

How to Access a Configured Network Management

Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Overview 17

Web interface 17

Telnet 17

SNMP 17

FTP 18

APC Management Card Wizard 18

Analog modem (AP9618) 18

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How to Avoid Equipment Damage

Disconnect UPS power

You do not need to turn off a Symmetra® or a Silcon™ model UPS to install the Management Card.

Damage to the UPS or APC Network Management Card (AP9617 or AP9618) can result if you do not remove all AC and DC power from a Smart-UPS

, Expansion Chassis, or a Triple

Caution

or Matrix-UPS Expansion Chassis before you install the Management Card.

Smart-UPS

1. Turn off the equipment that connects to the UPS.

2. Disconnect the UPS from its AC input source.

3. Press the OFF button on the UPS for approximately five seconds to turn off the DC (battery) power.

Matrix-UPS

1. Turn off the equipment that connects to the UPS.

2. Turn off the circuit breaker on the rear panel of the UPS.

Disconnect chassis power

Make sure that any Expansion Chassis or Triple Expansion Chassis is disconnected from all power: disconnect the chassis cable from the

UPS and, if the AC-to-DC Adapter (AP9505)

option is used, disconnect the adapter from the chassis.

Installation and Quick-Start Manual 1

How to Recover from a Lost Password

You can use a local computer, a computer that connects to the Management Card through the serial port at the Management Card’s UPS, Expansion Chassis, or Triple Expansion Chassis, to access the control console.

1. Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service that uses that port.

2. Unless an APC smart-signaling cable (940-0024 or 940-

1524) is already connected to the selected port, connect the smart-signaling cable that came with the Management Card to the selected port and to the serial port at the Management Card’s UPS or chassis.

3. Run a terminal program (such as HyperTerminal) and configure the selected port for 2400 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control, and save the changes.

4. Press

5. Press the reset button on the Management Card.

6. Press

7. Select System in the Control Console menu and User

8. Select Administrator and follow the on-screen

9. Press

ENTER to display the User Name prompt.

ENTER and use apc for the User Name and

Password. (If you take longer than 30 seconds to log on, you will need to repeat steps 4 and 5.)

Manager in the System menu.

instructions to change the User Name and Password settings, both of which are now defined as apc.

CTRL-C and log off.

Reconnect any cable disconnected in step 2, and restart any service disabled in step 1.

Note

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Preliminary Information

New standard features

The AP9617, AP9618, and AP9619 Management Cards include the following new features:

• Generates system log (Syslog) messages

• Allows using a dynamic host configuration protocol

(DHCP) server to provide the TCP/IP values a Network Management Card needs for network communication

Existing features All Network Management Cards still include the following

standard features:

• Detects 10/100

• Provides a data log accessible by

• Provides

• Provides support for the

Mbps connection speeds

FTP or a Web browser

UPS scheduling features

APC PowerChute Network

Shutdown utility

• Provides an event log which is accessible by Telnet, or a Web browser

• Generates Email notifications for

• Limits

SNMP traps and Email notifications based on the

UPS or system events

severity level of the events

• Allows using the

APC Management Card Wizard to

configure multiple Management Cards simultaneously over the network

• Provides support for

• Provides

UPS-specific application modules based on the

APC Silcon UPS models

Management Card’s hardware platform, and the application module’s

FTP,

AP9618 features The AP9618 Network Management Card EM/MDM includes

the analog modem and Integrated Environmental Monitor features described on page 4.

AP9619 features The AP9619 Network Management Card EM includes the

Integrated Environmental Monitor features described on page 4; the AP9619 does not include the analog modem feature.

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Preliminary Information

AP9618U and AP9619U upgrade kits

Integrated Environmental Monitor feature (AP9618 and AP9619)

Internal analog modem feature (AP9618)

You can use an AP9618U kit to convert an AP9617 Network Management Card EX or an AP9619 Network Management Card EM into an AP9618 Network Management Card EM/ MDM.

You can use an AP9619U kit to convert an AP9617 Network Management Card EX into an AP9619 Network Management Card EM.

The AP9618 and AP9619 Management Cards include an Integrated Environmental Monitor that provides the following features:

• A temperature/humidly probe

• Two input contacts

• Two-position output relay

In addition to the Integrated Environmental Monitor, an AP9618 or AP9619 Management Card can still monitor and manage an external Environmental Monitoring Unit or Environmental Monitoring Card.

An AP9618 Network Management Card EM/MDM has an internal analog modem that provides for the following out-ofband communication:

• Dial-out notifications for APC’s Remote Monitoring Service (RMS)

• Dial-in access to the Management Card’s Console Interface